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Ministry of Education approves total $1.4 million to remove absestos-contaminated sand

The ministry says it approved one-off grants for 65 schools to cover the bill for last year's clean up of absestos-contaminated sand.

Ministry letters to Gloriavale Christian School reveal 'multiple concerns'

The school exists to indoctrinate children, maintain a caste system and grow a workforce, new documents show.

Education Minister Erica Stanford responds to criticism of curriculum rewrite

The Education Minister told RNZ changes would be made to six draft curriculums - but there wouldn't be any complete rewrites.

Teachers blast draft curriculums, shortage of Waitangi Treaty influence

Teachers in music, physical education, science, technology and history have slammed the curriculums.

Education Ministry underfire for changes to rural Hawke's Bay school bus

Nine-year-old Ted Newall has epilepsy and other medical needs, but must now travel 3km to the nearest transport.

Changes to school transport for children with safety, mobility needs

Uzabus will use a range of dedicated vehicles tailored to the students' specific requirements.

Police 'appalled' by motorists speeding through school zones

Two South Auckland checkpoints dished out 70 infringement notices in two hours this week.

Union wants one employment agreement for polytechs despite dissolution of national institute

The Tertiary Education Union said the different institutes had a single collective agreement under the now-dissolved national institute Te Pūkenga.

Fuel crisis a potential risk to foreign student enrolments, Education NZ tells MPs

Nearly 84,000 international students contributed $4.6 billion in direct spending to New Zealand's economy during the last financial year.

How to solve a cryptic crossword

Cryptic crosswords might seem like gibberish at first glance, but there is method to the madness, with patterns that you can learn to identify to break down the puzzles.

More prosecutions likely as 16 truancy cases under investigation

One parent is being taken to court and Ministry of Education is investigating 16 cases of chronic absence.

School enrolments forecast to drop after reaching record high last year

The forecast followed a decade in which the national roll increased by about one percent or more almost every year since 2015.

RNZ Education·higher-ed

Support to lift cultural status of vocational training to equal a university education

A report by The New Zealand Initiative largely supports a Ministry of Education proposal to replace NCEA exams with a qualification system that includes trade-related skills.

Principal says prosecution should be ‘last resort’ for truancy

The government announced it was taking a parent to court over their child's chronic absence from school as part of a crackdown on truancy.

Auckland childcare centres offer steep discounts to keep afloat

Operators say the incentives reflect a deepening affordability crisis in early childhood education.

Parent prosecuted over child's school absence as part of government's truancy crackdown

Associate Education Minister David Seymour last year promised the government would be tougher on chronic absences from school.

Country Life: Hands-on high school agriculture

Geraldine High School is encouraging young people into primary sector careers.

'A lot of history': Linton Country School grounds up for sale

Tenders are open for the property and its classrooms, hall, out-of-tune piano and well-stocked library.

RNZ Education·curriculum

Auckland principals say rushed curriculum overhaul risks backfire

Educators warn rushed changes could undermine reforms that would otherwise succeed.

First kaupapa Māori workforce capability framework for sexual violence sector launched

Advocates hope the framework will support the "under-resourced and stretched" Māori workforce supporting victims of physical and sexual violence.